Rail-fastener.



N0.771,7o2. PATENTED 0617.4, 1904. J.A.B0UGHT0N.

RAIL FASTENER.

APPLIOATION FILED um. 14. 1904.

,formed a curved' or semicylindrical-shaped Patented October 4, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. BOUGHTON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

RAIL-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,702, dated October4, 1904.

Application led March 14, 1904..

To all whin t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BoUeH'roN, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new'and useful Improvements in Rail-Fasteners; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to rail-fasteners, and more particularly toimprovements in the railfastener set forth in PatentNo. 725,665, grantedto me April 21, 1903.

The object of my invention is to improve and simplify the constructionof devices of this character, and thereby render them more effective anddurable in use and less expensive to manufacture.

Iith this and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one endof a railway-tie with a portion of a railway-rail secured thereon by myimproved fasteningmeans. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectionalview through the same. Fig'. 3 is a detail View of the wedge-shaped key.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, l denotes a hollow railway-tiewhich may be constructed of any suitable material and in any desiredshape; but I preferably make it of metal or concrete or some othersuitable plastic material and form it with inwardly and upwardlyinclined sides2 and closed ends 3. The portions of the top wall of thetie upon which the railway rails 1. rest are braced and strengthened bylongitudinal ribs 5, formed upon the under side of the said top wall, asshown, and adjacent to one end of said rib is head 6. which depends fromthe under side of the top wall. In the said top wall adjacent to thehead 6 is formed an opening or slot having at one end a straight wall 7and at its op- Serial No. 198,161. (No model.)

po'site end an undercut or inwardly-beveled and projecting slightlyunder one end of the opening or slot 7 is aclench-block or anvil 9,

Athe upper face of which is formed with a curved'orsemicylindrical-shaped recess corresponding in shape to the curved lowerface of the forming-head 6, from which it is spaced to leave a curved orsemicylindrical passage 'or channel 10, as shown in Fig. 2.

The rail 4 is fastened to the tie by a wedgeshaped key 11 and a beveledkeyor spike 12, which keys are inserted in said opening or slot in thetie, as shown. The wedge 11 has both of its ends beveled, one end, 13,being engaged with the beveled or undercut end wall 8 of the saidopening and having a head or projecting portion 14 to project over andengage the base flange of the rail el, and the other end. 15, of saidwedge or key 11 cngages the beveled edge 16 of the key 12, the oppositeedge 17 of which engages the straight end wall 7 of the said opening inthe tie.

In securing a rail upon the tie the wedgeshaped key 11 is rst placed inthe tie-opening with its head or lip 14: engaging the base of the rail,and the key or spike 12 is then inserted between the straight wall 7 ofthe opening and the end 15 of the key 11. As said key 12 is driven downinto the tie its lower end or point will strike the projecting portionof the anvil 9 and be deflected into the curved passage 10 between thesaid anvil and the forming or shaping head 6, as will be readilyunderstood. rI`he said end of the key will be thus bent or curved by theanvil and the shaping-head and will be securely clenched and held inposition, the head 6 serving both to guide and shape the key 12 and tocoact withthe same to lock it in position and prevent its withdrawalfrom the channel l0. It will be seen that by thus curving the key 12outwardly or away from the key 11 said keys lock each other in theopening or slot and form an extremely strong and durable fastener.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,

the construction and operation of the invention will be readilyunderstood without re quiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrilicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a hollow tie having an opening in its top, ashaping-head upon the under side of said top adjacent to said openingand an anvil or clench-block beneath said shaping-head, a wedge in saidopening having a portion adapted to engage the base of a rail, and a keydriven into said opening and having its lower end bent or clenchedbetween said anvil and shaping-head, substantially as described.

2. The combination o"- a hollow tie having an opening in its top, acurved shaping-head upon the under side of said top adjacent to saidopening and an anvil beneath said shaping-head formed with a curvedrecessed upper face to conform to the shape of said curved shaping-head,a wedge inserted in said opening and having a head or lip to ,engage thebase of a rail, and a key driven into said opening and having its lowerend bent or clenched into the curved space between said anvil and saidshaping-head, substantially as described.

In testimony whereo` I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

yJOHN A. BOUGHTON.

Witnesses:

J. C. WooDARD, WM. H. K. Rosn.

